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ObieElions
taken
from
tetïmonies
o
fScripture, a fifered.
695
him;
whereby
he implieth
that yet
he
Was
not
depriued
ofit.
Yea
but
Dauid(will
forne
fay)fheweth by this
fpeech
that
he
might
lofe
Gods1
fpirit, otherwife
hee
would
not
haue
prayed
vnto
God, not
to take
it
from him.
I
anfwere,
that
this rather proueth
that
he
could
not
be
depriued
ofit,feeing
he
prayeth in faith
and
full affurance
to
be heard,and
to
haue
hisrequef}
granted,
according
to that,
i.Ioh.5.I415.
Se_
'John
5.
q.
-condly,
as
the Lord hath
purpofed
to
continue
his grace and
holy fpirit
unto
his
children,
fo
hee
.bath
ordained,
that
they fhould
vfe
the
meanes
wherby theymay retaine them,
ene
ofthe
chiefefi
whereof
is
effe6uall
prayer;and
therefore
when
we
vie
this
meanes
ofprayer,it doth not
proue
that
we
are in
danger to
lofe
them,but
rather
affureth
vs
that
we
Thal
perfeuere in
them,
feeing
the
meanes and
the end for
which
we
vfe
thé,are ioyned
together
in
Gods
purpofe and counfel.
The third
place
ob
ie
&ed,is
Efa.
i
.2
i
.
How
is
the
faithfull
Eras
citie
become
an harlot?
it
Vets
fullof
iudgement,andirstice
lodged
therein,
but
now
they
are murtherers,
&c.
I
anfw
ere, there
is
no
flrength
in
this
argument:for he
doth
not
fay,
that thofe
that
are
faithfull may
fall
away and become
harlots;but hee
fpeaketh
ofthe
whole citiewhich
was
in
times pall
inhabi-
ted
with
the
faithfull,
but
now
it
was
degenerate,and
ido-
laters
fupplied
their
places:'fo
that
hee
fpeaketh
not
ofthe
fame
perfons,but
of
diuers
men
in
the
fain
place,
as
appea-
reth
plainly
by the
words
following;
It
was
full
ofisedgement,
and
suffice
lodged
therein.
Secondlie, he
doth
not
fay,
that
thofe who were indued with true faith were
fallen
away,
but
generally
of
all
profeffors
of
faith, and Gods
true
religion,
amonga
which were more hypocrites
then
true beleeuers
but
as
for
the
true beleeuers
and
profeffors
they were
refer
-
ued
by
God
in this
great
apofiafie,
as
hee
fheweth,
verf.9.
-Laftlie,though
the
faithfull
had
thus
fallen,yet this prooueth
not
that their defeóion
was finall,
and they vtterly
reieaed,
feeing the Lord inuiteth them
to
turne vnto him by true re-
pentance,
and
offereth them mercie and
forgiuenes,verf.r8.
The fourth
place
obie
9ced
is
Ezech.18.26.
When
a
r;ghte-
4,Set`/.7.
cus man
turneth
away
from
his
righteouf
eff"e,
and
committeth
Ezecb.18.z6.
Y
y
.
iniquitie,